@Suzanne302
Yeah, I have done my share of complaining over the years but I have also done my fair share of praising Airbnb along the way......I have said what a wonderful lot of guests Airbnb have introduced to me and how this hosting has been a lovely part of my life.
Suzanne, I knew nothing about hosting when I started out but, I have always been a 'people' person.
Ade and I have a huge circle of friends, in my working life I made my mechanical services business grow to employ 27 staff and a number of subcontractors, and I brought my people skills to my hosting.......I am a professional host. In the space of 6 years I have gone from nothing to a 582 review host (504 of them here on Airbnb) and I would have thought Airbnb's desire and duty would have been to keep hosts like me happy and productive.......remembering it's hosts like us that got Airbnb where they are!
They tell us we are important.....but they kick us in the teeth, it happens every year. They come out with rubbish like 'Select', 'Plus' and 'Luxe' which has no effect on the casual host who might put up 15 guests a year in a spare bedroom, but it has us full time productive hosts fighting against each other to keep their properties full.
Suzanne, I have only been back here for 5 days from a short break but the backlash here on the CC against this 'Summer 2022 release search filters' has been overwhelming....and we must be just the very tip of the iceberg. Airbnb are going to seriously hemorrhage over this!
There comes a time when every rational person will say, 'Enough is enough' .....I am not going to stop hosting, I enjoy it too much, but I am not going to continue to be abused by the arm that is supposed to be feeding me and looking after me.
There must be a bit of panicking setting in because the statistics are starting to get fudged!
My views tell me I have had 10 new bookings in the last 30 days.....I normally get 3-4 per week, I have actually had 6 new bookings in the last 5 weeks,
I hope that this is a wake-up call for Airbnb, it's all very well to have a dream but, like I have said before...."Beware of the toes you tread on on the way up, they may very well be connected to that ar*e you have to kiss on the way down!"
Cheers........Rob.